Copyright 2008 The New York Sun Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:42:01 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hanna Ingber Win :: Stories from The New York Sun http://www.nysun.com/authors/Hanna+Ingber+Win istoll@nysun.com (Ira Stoll) webmaster@nysun.com en-us HANNA INGBER WIN http://www.nysun.com/new-york/us-to-process-applications-for-citizenship-more/83703/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST The federal government is announcing improvements in processing citizenship applications amid increasing criticism of delays in completing the naturalization process. By hiring 1,500 more staff and increasing overtime, the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services will reduce the average national processing time to between 10 and 12 months from about 16 months, a spokesman for the agency, Shawn Saucier, said. The immigration agency received about 1.4 million naturalization... HANNA INGBER WIN http://www.nysun.com/new-york/two-killed-in-fire-on-upper-east-side/83582/ Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST A deadly fire tore through an Upper East Side apartment early yesterday morning, killing an 89-year-old woman and her son, law enforcement authorities said. The blaze, which the fire department said it responded to just after midnight, killed a wheelchair-bound woman, Anna Roberts, and her 65-year-old son, William Roberts, in their third-floor apartment at 327 E. 93rd St., officials and neighbors said. "My entire apartment was full of smoke," a fifth-floor resident of the building, Dan Guertin... HANNA INGBER WIN http://www.nysun.com/new-york/civil-rights-lawyer-sues-city-over-handcuffing/83481/ Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST After New York City police officers allegedly handcuffed a 10-year-old girl for being noisy and disruptive on a school bus, a prominent civil rights lawyer is bringing a lawsuit challenging the use of handcuffs on minors. The advocate, Norman Siegel, said he wants the lawsuit to be a catalyst for the police department to discuss drafting written guidelines on how police should treat children who are not engaged in criminal activity. "We should not be handcuffing our children with metal... HANNA INGBER WIN http://www.nysun.com/new-york/new-york-may-weigh-sex-offender-act/83488/ Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST The state Legislature must decide in its upcoming session whether to enact laws that would bring the state into compliance with a federal sex offender act that puts adolescent sex offenders as young as 14 in a national public registry. The state Senate majority leader, Dean Skelos, intends to comply with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, a spokesman, Scott Reif, said. It is not clear, however, whether the Assembly will agree to pass the necessary legislation. Supporters... HANNA INGBER WIN http://www.nysun.com/new-york/mayor-sees-staggering-drop-in-schoolhouse-crime/83233/ Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST New York City public schools experienced a drop in major felony and violent crime in the last school year, according to the city's mayor, police commissioner, and schools chancellor. There was an 11% decrease in major felony crimes citywide and a 10% decrease in violent incidents last year, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday at a press conference in Manhattan. The number of major felonies dropped to 1,042 in the last school year from 1,166 incidents in the 2006-07 school year, according to the... HANNA INGBER WIN http://www.nysun.com/new-york/police-search-for-southeast-queens-sexual-predator/82999/ Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST Police are looking for a man they think has sexually abused four young women in the past month in Queens. Law enforcement officials said that between July 10 and July 28 the man raped one woman and sexually abused three others. Police said three of the incidents happened at bus stops and that the victims were between 18 years old and 23 years old. Both Queens and the city in general have seen an increase in the number of rapes, according to the New York City Police Department. There were 745... HANNA INGBER WIN http://www.nysun.com/new-york/missing-family-found-in-brooklyn/82954/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST In a second alleged family abduction case this week involving Massachusetts and New York police, the New York City Police Department said it found four children and their parents in Brooklyn yesterday after they fled to the city. Law enforcement authorities say they apprehended the father, Rodlyn Petitbois of Lynn, Mass., who was wanted for questioning in connection with the homicide of an adult woman. Police said they took custody of Mr. Petitbois's four toddlers, ranging between 11 months old... HANNA INGBER WIN http://www.nysun.com/new-york/police-search-west-side-city-island/82866/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST The New York City Police Department expanded its search yesterday for Clark Rockefeller, who allegedly kidnapped his daughter during a supervised custodial visit in Boston on Sunday. Law enforcement authorities said they searched marinas on City Island and the West Side, and Boston police said they found one of two vehicles Mr. Rockefeller had traveled in and were questioning its owner yesterday. Mr. Rockefeller, who Boston police say is 48, seized his 7-year-old daughter, Reigh, during a... HANNA INGBER WIN http://www.nysun.com/new-york/police-find-getaway-vehicle-in-kidnapping/82821/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:05:32 EST As the New York City Police Department searches for a man who they say kidnapped his daughter in Boston and then fled here, the Boston Police Department said they found the getaway vehicle. Clark Rockefeller, 48, seized his 7-year-old daughter, Reigh, during a supervised custodial visit Sunday and then fled to New York City, according to law enforcement authorities. Police said Mr. Rockefeller was trying to reach his yacht, called Serenity, on Long Island with his daughter. Boston police said...